Jobs at Open University of Tanzania , Jan 2014

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA

VACANCIES RE-ADVERTISED

The Open University of Tanzania (OUT) is a public university, established by the Act of Parliament No 17 of 1992. Since 1^st January, 2007, the University has been operating under the OUT Charter Inc. of 2007, which is in line with the Universities Act No. 7 of 2005. Its stated mission is to continuously provide open and distance education, research, and public services for sustainable and equitable socio-economic development of Tanzania in particular, and the rest of Africa. The Open University of Tanzania operates through its temporary headquarters in Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam and its 27 regional centers in each region of Tanzania Mainland and two coordination centers in Zanzibar and Pemba Islands.

The University hereby invites applications from competent and suitably qualified persons, to enhance its human resource capacity needed to fulfill its mission, as follows:

VACANCY	POSITION	FACULTY	SPECIALIZATION	WORK
NUMBER				STATION
OUT2013/04	Associate	Any	Any	Any
	Professor
OUT2013/05	Senior Lecturer	FED	Any	Any
OUT2013/06	Senior Lecturer	FBM	Any	Any
OUT2013/07	Senior Lecturer	FSTES	Any	Any
OUT2013/08	Senior Lecturer	FSTES	Any	HQ
OUT2013/09	Senior Lecturer	FLAW	Any	Any
OUT2013/10	Senior Lecturer	FASS	Any	Any

KEY:

FASS – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

FBM – Faculty of Business Management

FED – Faculty of Education

FLW – Faculty of Law

FSTES – Faculty of Science Technology and Environme ntal Studies

The qualifications and duties for each of the positions above are described below:

A.  SENIOR LECTURER (PUTS 6 - 7)

Qualifications: A Ph.D. degree with teaching/research experience of at least three years and has published in academically renowned journals whose weighting is equivalent to 8 points.

Duties:

-          Teach face to face courses and lead seminars;

-          Undertake individual research and participate in bigger multi-disciplinary research projects;

-          Prepare manuals and case studies for training;

-          Offer close supervision and guidance to students;

-          Manage undergraduate programmes

-          Undertake consultancy projects.

-          Write new study materials, scripts for radio broadcast, video and audio cassettes, various reports and papers,

-          Adopt and/or supplement existing materials,

-          Liaise with course writers, editors, reviewers, producers, artists, coordinators and other members of the course team,

-          Revise course materials and audio programmes,

-          Conduct public lectures, tutor and lead Academic discussions,

-          Set and mark course assignments and/or tests, examinations supervision of field work, practicals and all other related academic activities,

-          Encourage and motivate students to improve their academic performance,

-          Identify and set up local study groups,

-          Conduct research and disseminate research findings.

He/she should demonstrate the ability to head a Faculty, a Directorate, a Regional Centre, or a Department. Senior Research Fellows are should be able to manage some more research projects.

B   ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (PUTS 8-9)

Qualifications: A PhD degree with at least six years teaching/research experience. In addition he/she must have published in renowned journals whose weight is equivalent to 13 points.

Duties:

As Senior Lecturer with additional responsibilities such as initiation of new programmes, supervise postgraduate students, offer consultancy, write papers that would advance the frontiers of knowledge, formulate academic policies, offer technical assistance to University organs. Should demonstrate ability to lead an Institute, Faculty, or Department and be able to manage major research projects.

MODE OF APPLICATION

·         Applicants should clearly specify the Vacancy Number and Position they are applying for, from the list above. Applications bearing no such information shall not be considered.

·         Applications should be accompanied with detailed curriculum vitae, certified copies of relevant certificates, one colored passport size photograph of the applicant, names and full contact details of three referees.

·         Applicants should be willing to work in any of the regions in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, as specified in the vacancy list above. No change of work station is possible after being appointed.

·         All applicants who are currently employed by the Public Service should route their application letter through their respective employers.

·         All applicants with certificates from foreign Universities should have the certificates verified by the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU).

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics)

Open University of Tanzania

Kawaka Road, Kinondoni

P.O. Box 23409, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA

Tel. +255 22 2668820

Fax: +255 22 2668759

Email: dvc-ac@out.ac.tz

The deadline for receiving applications is ONE WEEK from the date of the first appearance of this advertisement in the news paper.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.